Oprah Joins The All-Star Cast Of Ava DuVernay’s MLK Biopic ‘Selma’

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After receiving rave reviews in Lee Daniels’ The Butler last year, Oprah Winfrey is returning to the big screen. According to reports, the media mogul is not only producing Ava DuVernay’s Selma, she’s staring in the civil rights drama too.

Oprah, who was filing in Georgia at the time of Maya Angelou’s death, said the beloved poet gave Selma her blessing. “She was so proud that I was doing this movie. And she said, ‘Take it baby. Take it all the way. Take it all the way,’” O told Entertainment Tonight. “She was a part of the movement, worked with Martin Luther King, understood what we were trying to do with this film.”

The Oscar-nominated actress is producing the project along with Brad Pitt.